Steven Brust wrote:At 04:36 AM 8/16/2002 -0700, Caliann the Elf wrote: Steven Brust wrote: We have a third choice: attempting to influence, so that the changes that take place help to make the language more useful, flexible, and powerful. I don't think simplicity vs complexity is the issue--the exact details, and how they effect language, are the issue. ********************************************************************************************* Wow, why didn't you tell me in all this time you wished to be French? They use that sort of control over their language. <smiles sweetly> I don't know enough about French Institute to speak intelligently. My father minored in French, and one time, based on some 2nd hand things I'd heard, I made the mistake of making disparaging remarks about it. I don't remember the details of the ensuing lecture, but at least I'm convinced that there are two sides to that argument. -- Steve (Grand Poohbah Cheese of the Universe) "Offense theives. -- they take it when it isn't offered." --Tom Digby --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New Jobs